Lane Keeping System Observations,

[MikeS1942]

I test drove a 2023 Escape and I dont know what Ford had changed in lane centering system at that time but it was bouncing back forth between the lines.

That's not lane centering.

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[KO Stradivarius]

I would have to strongly disagree. I commute from Las Vegas to California daily. Drive a 25 awd/hybrid back and forth. Off acc im getting 32.9 mpg with acc im getting 32 to 31.9. My commute is on hwy roughly 86 miles.

My Maverick will hold the lane perfectly on the straight, around the bends and turns, and will even stop and go the few times I’ve hit severe.

My Maverick is a game changer. With working on call multiple shifts and hours of the day. I’ve tested and trust the ACC so much I can actually sleep for a good 45 mins of the trip.

throw a Dasani water bottle full, but opened to let the air out. Stick it in the steering wheels bottom right opening, and you have a self driving vehicle. The water in the bottle moving around with the slight movements of the wheel truck the computer into thinking you are holding the wheel, and off I go.

I have traveled several thousand miles with acc. With slight difference in gas, and have not had one single issue with the acc system.

I have a 2018 Shelby F-150 and the Maverick by far has a much improved system.

You are a madman. When you stole that cow, and your friend tried to make it with the cow. I want to party with you, cowboy.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

I test drove a 2023 Escape and I dont know what Ford had changed in lane centering system at that time but it was bouncing back forth between the lines.

That's how my Lane keeping system works if you don't help with the correction.

 

[jselner77]

Lane centering and lane assist are too different things. When it goes back and forth like a blind person that is lane assist. When it holds center. Guess what lane centering. What changed is you probably bought a car that doesn’t have lane centering and think that just because the symbol which is the same for both. Is the same as you used to use. That you are using the correct program.

 

[El Kabong]

The Maverick uses different symbols for the two, no?

 

[El Kabong]

I have distance apart button and the steering wheel with lines button

Yep. Like below. The "steering wheel with lines" button turns lane keeping/lane centering off and on. If you disable the lane centering on the infotainment screen, then it only toggles lane keeping off and on, and the icon on the gauge cluster will not show the steering wheel between the lines.

 

[Chops]

I thought you were talking crap about the bottle so I tried it on the way home from work for at 8 miles and dang the alert never came on once. It did alot more correcting than when my hands are on it but I had drank from the bottle and didnt let the air out. Not sure how you thought of it but clever. Kinda scary that it worked!

Will splash water on your face to wake you up if the airbag doesn’t

 

[Timothyd]

3 days a week I drive the same 4 lane to and from work. Never any traffic.
In 15 miles, one stop light. Zah !

The road meanders from 1500 ft above sea level to 2100

Lane keeping system on over a one month average I get 22.5-23.5 mpg’s.
Mind you my engine is not broken in yet.

System off I’m getting 24.5-25.5 mpg.
Consistently.
It cancels when a turn lane shows up.
Every now and then I can feel the tires scrubbing speed as it randomly wanders side to side for a few hundred feet.

Eating tires,
Burning more gas,
Struggling to stay focused,
All the while diminishing our critical driving skills.

That’s it, I will never try and use it for anything more than a way to text and pick my nose at the same time

You may as well mute me.

Ford, you did a pretty shitty Job on this,
2026 Tremor

I turned my lane keeper on once by accident and found it irritating but it didn't do anything detrimental. Haven’t used it on purpose since. I'm with you on all the nanny aids but I use my motorcycle a lot which has nothing but power and handling so I can deal with the nanny aids since I have limited exposure. The intrusion isn't limited to our Mavericks, it's everywhere.

 

[Criss944]

The Maverick uses different symbols for the two, no?

Thank you.
Because of your post I went back to the manual, then played around with the settings. I finally figured out you need to go features and disable lane centering to enable lane keeping on a MY26 Lariat.

 

[El Kabong]

Hahahahaha! Yesterday, because of this thread, I went back in there and turned it on for the 15 minute drive to and from my local dive bar.

It's still annoying.

 

[Gullzway]

Thank you.
Because of your post I went back to the manual, then played around with the settings. I finally figured out you need to go features and disable lane centering to enable lane keeping on a MY26 Lariat.

That's odd.

On my 2022 Lariat I always have Lane keeping on, only engages above 40 mph.

I turn lane centering/ ACC on manually when I want to use it.

 

[Criss944]

Because of this thread, I went to a nearby road with several gentle curves and let ACC and lain centering drive it. It drove about 2 miles without incident. However, if that is the way anyone drives, they are not a very good driver.

 

[Maverick77]

Besides my 26 Maverick Lariat, I also have a 2023 Chevy Equinox LT that has lane keeping assistance. My Equinox is not as aggressive, will allow me to stay a little closer to the right white line, and does not get confused by turning lanes. My Maverick keeps itself what it thinks is dead center of the lane, and will fight you if you think differently. If there is a turn out on a highway on my left side, the system gets confused and starts veering over towards the turn out lane until we get past it, and then jerks over towards the right. My Equinox does not get confused. I stopped using the lane assist in the Maverick. It does a good job of maintaining distance behind a vehicle with the variable cruise control, but it gets a "F" for lane keeping.

 

[jkennedy293]

I only use the alert function of Lane Keep Assist. A gentle vibration and I know to correct. I also turned ACC off because I like to time my passes of slower cars.

 

[Pointyears]

My Maverick has those same issues but so did my 20 Escape Titanium.. it would seem Ford in general is confused!

Yeah, sometimes I have to get an arm wrestling match with my 26 Lariat to get to where I want it to!

My 2018 Mustang and former 2022 Escape all handled lane centering better than my Mav. The Mustang has 3 levels of autocorrect "severity" that can be set that I wish the Mav had. 7 years later it's a step backwards.....

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